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Life
in
stage
s
Clean Zone

Normal clean water organisms
(trout, perch, bass,
mayfly, stonefly)

8 ppm

Decomposition
Zone
Trash fish
(carp, gar,
leeches)

Septic Zone

Fish absent, fungi,
sludge worms,
bacteria
(anaerobic )

Recovery Zone

Trash fish
(carp, gar,
leeches)

Dissolved oxygen

Oxygen sag

Biological oxygen
demand

2 ppm

Direction of flow
Point of waste or
heat discharge
Time or distance downstream

Clean Zone

Normal clean water organisms
( trout, perch, bass,
mayfly, stonefly)

8 ppm